VITEC, a worldwide leader in advanced video encoding and streaming solutions, today announced that it is making it more affordable to stream and distribute 4K content at an MSRP of only $25,000. The MGW Vision real-time encoder produces HEVC bandwidth-efficient 4K IPTV streams for use in broadcast centers, in-house IPTV applications, sports, and live events.

At IBC 2017, AJA Video Systems unveiled a new line of FiDO 12G to Fiber/Fiber to 12G Mini-Converters. New price reductions have also been announced for the Hi5-4K-Plus (3G-SDI to HDMI 2.0) and 3GM (3G/1.5G Mux/DeMux) Mini-Converters, bringing the costs down from $695 to $595, and $795 to $495 respectively

Marking the start of new TV-station MySports of Swiss Cable provider UPC, the company commissioned NEP Switzerland as technology and production partner for building and running new 4K/UHD broadcast facilities. Together with general contracting partner Broadcast Solutions GmbH the Swiss TV production company, part of the NEP global network, is currently integrating the latest broadcast technology in a studio plus Playout Center and an additional remote studio at two locations.

sonoVTS, the Munich-based provider of System Design and Integration; Equipment Rental and Operations; Service and Consulting and distribution of professional products, is nearing completion of what will be the industry’s first pure all-IP OB truck, supporting uncompressed HD and UHD signals over IP based on the SMPTE ST 2110 standard.

Sony Professional Solutions Europe is unveiling VENICE – its first full-frame digital motion picture camera system. VENICE is the next generation of Sony’s CineAlta camera system, designed to expand the filmmaker’s creative freedom through large-format, full frame image capture of filmic imagery with natural skin tones and expressive dark areas. VENICE was designed through close collaboration and careful research with the creative community, fulfilling the various requirements from filmmakers and production professionals.

Developing, delivering, and using a new technology like VR isn’t easy; but gawk, is it fun.

At IBC, we’ll see – and hear from – people who can see it, almost touch it.  And we’ll hear a ton of naysayers.

They’ve forgotten that:

-          Silent movies lasted from 1895 – 1936

-          B&W TV started in 1928

-          The first U.S. color transmission was in 1954 (Tournament of Roses) but B&W reigned for another dozen years

Not a lot of color TV sets sold back then.

Why? Lack of content, high cost of production and lack of viewing screens.

The M&E industry has a lot of challenges, issues, opportunities on its plate but the Amsterdam event (Sept 14-19) is focused on helping the industry be prepared to prosper in the next 50 years.

Snell Advanced Media (SAM) today announced that the UK’s National Theatre has delivered its first HDR/UHD production thanks to SAM’s latest Kahuna production switcher. The two-part live broadcast of the National Theatre Live’s Angels in America was produced by Production Company, Creative Broadcast Solutions together with OB company, Telegenic. SAM’s Kahuna production switcher was running the latest version of the FormatFusion technology, bringing HDR capabilities to all inputs and outputs, and was deployed in Telegenic’s OB truck.

INSIGHT TV, the world’s largest producer and broadcaster of adventure travel and extreme sports genres in true, unscripted 4K UHD HDR, is launching Secrets of DarkFEST a behind-the-scenes, no holds barred film that delves into the trials and tribulations of creating one of the world’s craziest mountain bike (MTB) events, Pure Darkness: DarkFEST, co-produced with Monster Energy. Secrets of DarkFEST will premiere on 2nd September at 2015 CET on INSIGHT TV and INSIGHT.TV.

Blackmagic Design has announced that its infrastructure products have been integrated by Barclays Africa Group Limited as part of an Ultra HD 4K studio workflow for corporate video production. The solution features the Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K for acquisition alongside the ATEM 1 M/E Production Studio 4K and Smart Videohub 20x20.

Evertz, the global leader in media and entertainment technology solutions, announces the launch of F&F Production’s latest mobile truck which is enabled for native 4K HDR production with a complete Evertz infrastructure solution.

London, UK, July 17, 2017: Leader Electronics Corporation announces a major refinement to the LV5490 4K/HD/HD waveform monitor with the expansion of its multiscreen capability. Previously able to show up to four simultaneous test displays, the LV5490 can now present up to 15 user-selectable graphic or data-group elements on its front-panel monitor and via the external monitor output.

INSIGHT TV, the world’s largest producer and broadcaster of adventure travel and extreme sports genres in true, unscripted 4K UHD HDR, is launching its new cricket show Beyond the Boundary, presented by Somerset cricket legend Peter Trego. The six-episode series, which begins on 10^th August at 2200 CET on INSIGHT TV and INSIGHT.TV, was shot in Singapore, Sri Lanka, Rwanda, Kenya, South Africa and Dubai. Each episode follows stories of people and communities who have found that their love of cricket has enabled them to find positivity and happiness despite adversity.

Calrec Audio's Artemis Beam is providing top-quality sound on board F&F Productions' all-new 4K HDR production truck, GTX-18. The truck rolled into Anaheim, California, last week for its first show, a UHD broadcast of the UFC fight between Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier for AT&T Entertainment/DirecTV viewers.

UEFA has delivered the world’s first uncompressed UHD remote production trial during the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Final, held in Poland in June, in collaboration with Snell Advanced Media (SAM) and system’s integrator, Gearhouse Broadcast. During the Championship final game, the IP system – which replaced a traditional OB set up - delivered live camera signals from the Marshal Józef Piłsudski Stadium in Krakow, Poland to UEFA who were located at BT Sport’s facility at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London, around 1600km away, ready for live edit and playout.

For the company’s first 4K mobile unit, F&F Productions, LLC, chose 17 FUJINON 4K UHD lenses to outfit the Sony HDC-4300 4K cameras systems on board the newest member of its fleet, the GTX-18 4K HDR Mobile Unit. The new unit will have eight UA107x8.4BESM 4K studio lenses, five UA18x5.5BERD 4K portable zooms, three UA14x4.5BERD 4K portable zooms, and one UA22x8BERD 4K portable lenses.